Orissa has the highest percentage of out-of-school rural children in the country

January 17th, 2008

According to the Annual Status of Education Report (Rural) 2007 released by Pratham, Orissa tops the list of states with 8% out-of-school children in  the 6-14 age group in rural areas. This number is almost double the percentage all over India (4.2%). The good news is that the percentage has gone down from 9.1% in 2006 to 8.0% in 2007. Rajasthan and Bihar, however, have reduced the percentage from over 10% in 2006 to 6.5% in 2007.

The following table shows the numbers for the 30 districts in Orissa. Some of the numbers are truly alarming.

 

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